Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 (Skip Beat! #1)

4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 · rating details · 16,803 ratings · 259 reviews

Kyoko always thought that Sho, whose family took her in when she was small, was her prince charming. However, when Sho heads for Tokyo to make it big as a musician, Kyoko goes with him and has to quit high school to support his dream. But soon, being in the big city makes Kyoko realize that she has show business ambitions of her own!

Paperback, 184 pages

Published July 5th 2006 by VIZ Media LLC (first published January 1st 2004)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori

Vampire Knight, Volume 01 by Matsuri Hino

Favorite Shoujo Manga

4th out of 460 books — 840 voters

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 01 by Hiromu Arakawa

Best Manga/Anime Book Ever

10th out of 570 books — 1,750 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Apr 11, 2012 John Egbert rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: not-fer-me, not-what-i-was-expecting, didnt-finish

So. Shouju.

Well, don't judge a book by it's cover, eh?

---

4/11/2012

Oh gosh, I don't think I'm going to actually finish this. It's not that it's boring, it's just not really interesting either.

4 likes · like · see review

Oct 17, 2012 Nina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

I have a proper review somewhere. I absolutely love this series. One of my favourite shoujo mangas ever! Kyoko is awesome in her wacky intense yet likable way. Ren is curiously interesting and dedicated to his work. And Sho, he is the villain who very villain -like, but yet, as the series goes on, proves that he is capable of feeling human. Actually I find his character intensely interesting just like Kyoko's and Ren's. I guess they are just one of the reasons why I'm so drawn into this series....more

2 likes · like · see review

Aug 26, 2012 Meridith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-books

Manga is something that I like reading again and again; Skip Beat! is my favorite series in the world. Why, might you ask? I would be glad to explain it. The story is great, the artwork is great, it's never a chore to push through chapters; the story is slow, as is the romance, and the two main characters love each other because they love each other, not because they're randomly attracted to one another. If you read manga a lot, you know what I'm talking about. It happens in literature, too, but...more Manga is something that I like reading again and again; Skip Beat! is my favorite series in the world. Why, might you ask? I would be glad to explain it. The story is great, the artwork is great, it's never a chore to push through chapters; the story is slow, as is the romance, and the two main characters love each other because they love each other, not because they're randomly attracted to one another. If you read manga a lot, you know what I'm talking about. It happens in literature, too, but it's just so........... I don't even know how to explain. A lot of the time, there is no growth in the relationship. It starts out as a the girl and the guy having some sort of weird obsession with the other that they call 'love'. In Skip Beat, there is serious progress, starting with both of the characters hating each other down to their cores. Then it turns into respect, and even when Tsuruga realizes that the two have a very significant past together, he doesn't suddenly go, "Aha! I love this girl!" No. He says to himself, "I shouldn't like her just because of my memories with her." It's only when he starts getting to know her as the person that she is now that he lets himself treasure her. As for the main character (spoiler), Kyoko, she doesn't even know she likes him yet—yes, not even in the currently-being-released Japanese chapters. It's because of how nastily she was treated by her childhood friend, Sho. She loved Sho and he broke her heart. Now she's vowed never to love again, et cetera. Just because Tsuruga and Kyoko haven't sworn eternal love yet doesn't mean it doesn't have its intense moments, though. It's not like a super-prudish series that you shouldn't read because there's absolutely no romance. Quite the contrary, there are a lot of moments that make your skip a beat or two (pun completely intended). Though, seriously, after twenty-nine-ish volumes, if Nakamura-sensei doesn't progress their romance further sometime soon, I am flying to Japan to file a formal complaint—not really, because I think she's doing it perfectly as is.

Basically, this series has something special about it that I think makes it more than worth reading.(less)

7 likes · like · see review

Nov 14, 2011 Rosie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, female-lead, funny, loved-it, romance, shojo, acting

This story follows a girl named Kyoko Mogami, who works her butt off for her childhood friend, and famous superstar, Shotaro, so he can live the life of a rockstar. She finds out that he's just using her, and she swears that she'll have revenge on him one day; and that she'll crush his hopes and dreams like he did to her.

Kyoko Mogami is a strong country girl trying to make her way in the big city- while holding up a superstar- her childhood friend. I love how instead of crying and being weak, s...more

3 likes · like · see review

Dec 28, 2012 Ashley (Firestarbooks) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics-or-manga

So funny!!! Love how the main is not good or bad. She is AWESOMEEE!! Full review to come. :)...I hope.

1 like · like · see review

Mar 25, 2009 Jaclyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own

Ok, about Skip Beat. I must say that I truly enjoy this particular manga. The heroin, at the beginning, is every run of the mill shojo character. However, after she realizes that the one she loves does not love her, and in fact has been purposely using her for his own gain, she shows her darker side that is both scary and comedic. She vows her revenge on him in the only way that she can hurt him, to be a bigger star in show biz. Through out her trails she shows unbelievable feats of physical str...more

3 likes · like · see review

Apr 16, 2013 Aamrah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: soul-candy, badass-chicks

What is the best way of saying this? I was wary of reading Skip beat. The cover looked weird and I can't read manga if I don't like the art, because let's face it, the art makes up about 70% of it (reading untranslated manga is actually pretty interesting). I decided to read it anyway. Boredom is an excellent motivator. So I read the first volume and I suppose I should talk about the good things first, except I couldn't really find much good in the beginning. Let me write down the first thought...more What is the best way of saying this? I was wary of reading Skip beat. The cover looked weird and I can't read manga if I don't like the art, because let's face it, the art makes up about 70% of it (reading untranslated manga is actually pretty interesting). I decided to read it anyway. Boredom is an excellent motivator. So I read the first volume and I suppose I should talk about the good things first, except I couldn't really find much good in the beginning. Let me write down the first thought that entered my head when I saw Ren (hint: It was not "OMGEEZ HE IS SO HAAWT!!!"):
What is up with that guy's head???
Okay, I was watching the new muppets movie with my little sister today, so let me make the best comparison I can presently think of. There's a scene near the end, with Jack Black and a barbershop quartet and they shrink his head (I tried googling this just now and all I came up with was some weird voodoo stuff so I'm afraid I don't have a picture) and then he talks in a funny high pitched voice. Anyway, I don't know about the voice but that's almost exactly what Ren's head looks like. If you've seen the muppets movie, then this is the moment where you should reel backwards and go, "Whoa," in a dazed voice. Seriously, picture if you will, a really tall guy, I mean really tall (Sultan Kösen would be jealous). Then picture a small bowling pin in place of said tall guy's head. You have just completed your mental image of Ren.
So, that was a huge turn-off. I believe someone does comment on the size of his head, but they make it sound like a complement. A complement, I kid you not.
And then there was Kyoko. As far as the art goes, she was okay, despite her slightly creepy chin. Easier on the eyes than Ren anyway. But the whole moving to Tokyo with her platonic-but-she-wishes-he-wasn't childhood friend? It was kind of degrading. And when I say kind of, I mean REALLY, but I'm trying to be neutral. Seriously, she works multiple jobs and acts as a a glorified maid for this jackass who then has the nerve to treat her like dirt. Real girls, please tell me you don't do this. Please. Otherwise I will have lost my faith in womankind. This is a sixteen year old girl working instead of going to school in order to take care of her true love (I will now proceed to scrub out my mouth. Er, wash my hands). This is all pretty unrealistic, but I'm going to ignore that because it's a story. Whatever.

Anyway, true love's a bitch. Kyoko decides to visit Pretty Boy at work, only to see him hitting on his manager, a total fox who has incredible, erm, assets and is therefore his type. He is also spilling his guts about his many misdeeds towards his poor, stupid childhood friend (how convenient). Here, Kyoko finally manages to do something right. She does not cry and run away while it rains and sad music plays in the background like in some chick flick. She gets pissed. She vows to take revenge and Pretty Boy's all like, "Oh yeah? Well the only way you can beat me is if you become more famous than me. But haha, you can't do that cause you're just too ugly and I'm so awesome and obviously this is the twenty-first century, but I seem to have never heard of beauty products or hair dye and am therefore sure you will slink away into some hole in the ground never to be heard from again." Here, one can't help but question Pretty Boy's claim that Kyoko is stupid. Clearly the guy hasn't heard himself talk. Kyoko, burning with righteous indignation and the fire of revenge, goes out and gets a makeover and then she bugs these talent agency people until they let her audition. And then she meets Ren, the other super famous pompous jackass who is pissed because she wants to get famous for revenge and is determined to make her fail (hey, if he's so famous, isn't there some body lotion commercial he could be shooting instead of hanging out at a talent agency, keeping tabs on some teenage girl?). Purportedly, Ren's pheromones are catnip for most women so when women see him, they promptly swoon. Or chase him ~~and strip him naked~~. But because Kyoko is now a licensed man-hater, she is completely immune to his charms. Despite this, she still obsesses over anything related to Ren. How funny. Ren annoys me. He's just too perfect. Also, what is up with all the dazzling smiles?? Stop with the dazzling, all fictional dudes. We've had enough of it. I don't even like sparkly things. They hurt my eyes.

Okay, I think I've got all the hate out of my system for now, so on to the good things. This manga is really funny, once you get through the first few chapters. Kyoko, once she stops the Sho-love, is a pretty interesting character. Her annoying persistence is a source of constant laughs. One of the funniest parts in the beginning of the manga is when she stakes out the head of the talent section's house until he finally lets her audition for the agency. And then there are the demons. Kyoko's demons are the embodiment of all of her anger and resentment for the way people have treated her her entire life, released thanks to Pretty Boy. The demons are these cute little blue creatures that hover around her whenever she gets pissed and they make her already dark aura even darker, which is often enough to get people to listen to her and it's interesting to see a character who has been a pushover her entire life finally get her say. I also loved Kyoko's thing with the Ren and Pretty Boy voodoo dolls that she makes, since she never actually performs black magic with them, but uses them to act out what she thinks their human counterparts would probably say in certain situations.

As the story progresses, the characters are given more depth, even Pretty Boy (although I didn't see much improvement there). Two of the characters that I really enjoyed reading about were Maria, the granddaughter of LME's president as well as Kyoko's friend Kanae. Maria feels guilty for her mother's death and thinks her father blames her for it. With Kyoko's help, she realises that this is not the case and the two become very close, to the point where Kyoko is considered an older sister by Maria (I know I know, this is a bit cheesy, but it's still sort of nice). Kanae starts out as Kyoko's rival during auditions but when they both get placed in the infamous Love Me section by the president, they slowly become friends, with much reluctance on Kanae's part and way too much enthusiasm on Kyoko's, since she never had any girl friends before (girls hated her because she was the only one Pretty Boy ever talked to. Head smack).
When I got to the part where the new and improved Kyoko finally meets Pretty Boy (and I don't mean the part where she becomes the rooster, although that was awesome), I was all like "Here it comes Kyoko, don't mess up now. I'm rooting for you." And then Pretty Boy sees her and he's like, “Whoaaaa."-head turn-"She's a babe. When did that happen?" Haha, Pretty Boy. Didn't see that coming, did you?

With each chapter, I feel the art got better, so I can only assume the author's drawing skills improved. That, or I became immune to tiny heads and pointy chins. Most of the details were fantastic and the author is to be commended for this. The only things that irked me were the characters's sometimes abnormal proportions. Maybe I just have unreasonably high expectations. This is a pretty good manga, or at least after reading more shojo manga, I have realised it's not that bad. The story gets more interesting and the characters get less irritating until they're almost likeable. I am still reading it and so far, it's only gotten better, so I would recommend it to anyone who is bored and is looking for something funny and lighthearted and can brave a few chapters until it gets interesting.
(less)

1 like · like · see review

Dec 01, 2012 Syifa Adiba rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga, romance, shoujo, graphic-novel, young-adult, komik, pinjeman-dari-rental, humor, anime

suwer. suwer. ini komik udah aku baca dari jaman kapan ya? dari jaman masih smp dan sekarang udah kuliah semester 3 ini komik masih berkutat di nomer 20-an dan belum selesai! padahal, komik ini udah dibikin T-drama dan dimainkan sama Choi Siwon dan Lee Donghae, oppa tercinta. :-*
Ceritanya seru!

Kyoko always thought that Sho, whose family took her in when she was small, was her prince charming. However, when Sho heads for Tokyo to make it big as a musician, Kyoko goes with him and has to quit hig...more

like · see review

Jun 27, 2012 Sakura Yue Michaelis rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga-shoujo, characters-i-hate

The story is kind of lame. Kyoko is a girl who is too silly for my taste. She fell in love with her childhood friend Shotaro, and moved out with him to the big city. He became a super star while she remained working as a maid. First sign that the guy is a jerk. He barely visits her, but she is happy just seeing him for a few moment. That is, until she hears that he was using her to do all his chores. What an a**hole! So of course she seeks for revenge, in doing a complete make-over. Just wrong....more

like · see review

Mar 14, 2012 Buqet rated it 5 of 5 stars

Muhteşem bir manga . Animesini izlemiştim ama mangasını yeni okudum.
Kyoto benim en sevdiğim kadın karakterlerden biri. Bazen melek , bazen şeytan , tatlı , güçlü olabiliyor. Çelişkilerini, inatçılığını çok iyi yansıtmışlar.
Konusu şöyle ; Kyoto çocukluk arkadaşı Sho ile birlikte evlerini terk edip Tokyo'ya yerleşiyorlar. Sho'un en büyük hayali müzik sektörüne girip yükselmek. Hafiften ona yanık olan Kyoto , durmadan Sho'un ayak işlerini yapmakta , sırf Sho'un pahalı dairesinin kirasını çıkarmak...more

like · see review

Feb 12, 2012 Alison (AlisonCanRead) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

I picked up Skip Beat, because it is a massively popular series. The first volume was interesting, but didn't establish itself in my mind as anything spectacular. However, it has piqued my interest enough that I want to continue with the series. I assume it becomes more interesting.

Kyoko starts out as your stereotypical shoujo manga girl. Quiet, kind, sacrificing. She dropped everything - including school - to run off to Tokyo with childhood friend Sho to help him on his path to stardom. Once Sh...more

2 likes · like · see review

Nov 08, 2010 Jimmy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

like · see review

Mar 08, 2010 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga, shojo

I've been toying with the idea of reading this series for a while, and seeing it recently appear in the Top 5 of a reader's poll recently, I finally took the plunge. A good, classic shojo story...with some spunk. Kyoko Mogami drops out of high school to follow her childhood friend (and the object of her crush), Sho, to Tokyo so that he can pursue his dream of becoming a famous celebrity/musician. Of course, readers (and Kyoko) learn very early in volume one that Sho has been taking advantage of...more

like · see review

Jan 21, 2010 Nenia Campbell rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: we-dont-need-no-stinkin-fandubs, x-series-bk-1

Shou is a famous idol. Kyoko is his childhood friend. They live together in his giant mansion. Kyoko works in a restaurant and does all of Shou's cooking and cleaning because she is (not so) secretly in love with him and worships the ground he walks on. Until the day that she overhears him telling his girlfriend how much he hates her, and that he only invited her to Tokyo because (surprise) she was a such a willing slave.

Then she vows to become an idol, too, so she can get revenge. The whole thi...more

1 like · like · see review

Mar 23, 2013 Nathan Herald rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-challenge

book 186 of 1000

Kyoko followed her true love, the up and coming musical artist Sho to Tokyo to support him while he works his way to becoming an idol. Unfortunately for Kyoko, Sho is a complete (view spoiler) who only sees her as little more than hired help (who he doesn't even pay!). Kicked to the curb and completely destroyed by her misguided love, Kyoko decides she's going to become an even bigger celebrity than Sho. The only problem is that she has no artistic talent...more

like · see review

Jan 12, 2013 Nansea rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fans of commedy and slow romances

Shelves: favorites, manga, modern-day-books

This series blew me away! I couldn't stop reading once I got started. I watched the anime so many times, and afterwards I read the series. I then watched the drama twice. This series never gets old and despite the light and frivolous appearance, it was deep and showed the true nature of love. It was very unique as it centered around show biz. It inspired me to act in my school play!
The author did an excellent job. Every character had powerful emotions, and they looked gorgeous or handsome or...more

like · see review

May 03, 2013 Kristocat rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is probably often dismissed as a "girls book", but you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, are you? Turns out that the main girly part is the cover.

I remember that this was my first right to left book, and it wasnt that hard, personally. It also has a guide in the back to teach you how.

This is mainly a summary, without the end part ---->(view spoiler)

...more

like · see review

Apr 13, 2012 Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads, manga-graphic-novel☺, young-adult, reviews

Sacrificed your life to support your so-called boyfriend, but it turned out that he wasn’t your prince charming after all. Who doesn't love a little sweet revenge for that?

Cover:
Not really fan of the cover. Hope they make it more eye catching.

Plot:
The major part of the story is Kyoko's efforts to become a big star in order to beat Sho. Strange and funny way of revenge as it is but still, it caught my attention.

Characters:
Undecided . . .

Artwork:
Average and neat but overcrowded per page.

Verdict:...more

2 likes · like · see review

Jul 31, 2011 Patricia rated it 5 of 5 stars

===Spoiler Alert===

This is just the start to an awesome series. Even if you find the first volume a bit boring, once you get to the part where they are on-location for a Dark Moon shooting, you will definitely find it really interesting and want to read more. The characters' relationships with each other can be very complicated because some of the characters love each other, but they can't love one another. But it isn't in the Romeo and Juliet sense. This is a story about a girl who is betrayed...more

1 like · like · see review

Dec 08, 2011 Maria Contreras rated it 5 of 5 stars

i really like reading it all the time and even wen is time to sleep i keep reading .
The thing i like about the book is that the girl is a awsome actor .
i read all the books and seen the episodes i really loved the part wen shes get to do the angel part it show alot of emotions and made me think about it
i was kind of sad wen the story ended i realy wanted to see the man she likes try to change his acting .
Wen the girl friendship with mokosan a partner with her in the love me section, it real...more

like · see review

Jan 22, 2011 Zero Restrictions Alfonso rated it 5 of 5 stars

WOW! You know those little books that end up surprising you…? when after a few pages you think you know where that shit is going? And then BANG you get a 180 no scope right in your face! That’s what this little manga did to me! it all start with this girl Kyoko, you get drop in what you think is going to be a romance story. She left school, she abandoned her life, she gave up everything in life for her boyfriend… the only problem is that her boyfriend is one of those Diva dudes who only care abo...more WOW! You know those little books that end up surprising you…? when after a few pages you think you know where that shit is going? And then BANG you get a 180 no scope right in your face! That’s what this little manga did to me! it all start with this girl Kyoko, you get drop in what you think is going to be a romance story. She left school, she abandoned her life, she gave up everything in life for her boyfriend… the only problem is that her boyfriend is one of those Diva dudes who only care about themselves… and there was I thinking that this shit was going to be about the power of love over coming everyting! And making her boyfriend realize what an ass he was… but then one day she walks into her boyfriend while he is having a conversation with his agent… and he is bragging on how he used her to pay for all his expensive taste… how all he had to do to get himself a slave was ask her to come with her, how she have to have 2 jobs to pay for his fancy apartment and his food!! What an ass!!!!! Then right there… something beautiful happened… Kyoko heard everything!!!! And that’s when that little manga turned into something beautiful!! It was not the romantic crap I thought It was going to be… oh hell no! this is a psycho bitch revenge story!!! Like Kill Bill! Kyoko goes into a rampage trying to get him and fuck him up…. But she can’t touch him cuz he is a famous Pop star and has security around him… so what she does? She decides to become a pop star herself in order to get her revenge!!! (I know it don’t make sense! But since when what psycho bitches do makes sense?) and its just mad fun for there on! She does voodoo, she stalks talent scouts, she shows amazing knife skills! Hell she even out runs a taxi in a bike while chasing one scout! Bitch is crazy! Maybe I’m reading between the lines… or reading more than what there actually is to it… but this is one sick little manga! I’m seriously looking forward to read the rest of this series! I’m impressed with it!!! highly impressed! (less)

5 likes · like · see review

Dec 14, 2012 Chelsea Trent rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book is about a young teenage girl named Kyoko. She always thought that Sho, whose family took her in when she was small, was her prince charming. Little did she know, he's not the type to settle down or stay in one place at a time so he decides to go to Tokyo to become a musician. Kyoko goes with him and quits high school to support his dream. Kyoko realizes once she gets there, she wants in on the show biz. One day she goes to see him to give him a gift and she catches him talking to his...more

like · see review

Jul 08, 2011 Anna rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of the Wallflower

I loved Skip Beat! I loved the characters. I loved to hate Shotaro, I loved the creepy little girl whose name escapes me currently, and I loved watching goody-goody Kyoko (who at first reminded me of Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket, gag gag gag) turn into a jaded, snarky eye-clawing wannabe pop star. I sometimes disagreed with her actions, but I loved the budding romance between her and Ren, I loved her audition, and I loved her growing friendship with, ah, whatsername. I also liked the more real...more

1 like · like · see review

Oct 26, 2010 Bani M rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga, favorites, favorite-manga

It's been a long time since I was quite this wow'd by a first volume. It urges me to just go buy all the rest of the series and finish them ASAP, though that that may end up jinxing the magic..

Basically it is perfect so far. The comedy had me laughing out loud ala the drama Gokusen (or maybe My Boss My Hero), the mood goes deeper than many other shoujo series. While it is very funny, charming, and whimsical- there is a grit and sourness to it that is very intriguing. I have so many questions abo...more

like · see review

Dec 20, 2010 penelopewanders rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: work-related-read

Reading this as something of a challenge. My first attempt at reading a Manga (which I received as a RABCK) was a fiasco - I could not get used to reading in the right (wrong) order and found it unspeakably irritating. One of my students is a wild Manga fan and did a presentation on the genre for the class - and lent me this one to try again. It's certainly more promising than the other one, although I do have a hard time getting it straight. The script is also sometimes so small I have a very h...more

like · see review

Jan 01, 2011 Joyzi rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Manga lovers

Recommended to Joyzi by: Recyl

Shelves: manga, reviewed, chick-lit, author-japanese, anime

Book Review

So okay I think this will be my first time to review a manga by volume and not by a whole. So yeah here's my review:

Drawing
>it was cute and it was not crappy, very clean and I love it

Plot
>it was okay, it was funny and heart breaking at the same time

Characters:
>I think I like the girl heroine a lot and I think I'm Team Ren atm

Translation
>the translation was really bad, there are so many grammatical mistakes, but it was okay for me and it was still tolerable

Here's the link b...more

2 likes · like · see review

Mar 21, 2012 Niena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

Manga ini bercerita tentang Kyoko Mogami, Ia bekerja keras untuk mencukupi semua kebutuhan Sho cinta pertamanya selama ia meniti karir sebagai artis. Namun ketika Sho menjadi terkenal ia mencampakkan kyoko karena tak lagi membutuhkannya. Kyoko yang marah berjanji akan membalas dendam kepada sho dan ia akan menjadi artis yang lebih terkenal lagi dibandingkan Sho. Dimulailah perjalanan Kyoko dalam meniti karir di dunia akting. Ia masuk agensi tempat aktor ternama bernama Ren yang sangat dibenci ol...more

like · see review

Mar 05, 2012 Gina Pitts rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: skip-beat, manga

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

like · see review

Oct 04, 2011 Ivy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: manga

Ehh... Just not my cup of tea.

Concept: main girl--Kyoko--gets mad at the guy she loves--Sho--because he's all famous now and doesn't want to be around her. So...she decides she's going to go off and beat him in show biz! Seriously? This is not what I call a story. Kyoko has no admirable qualities in her, unless we're considering her persistence as one, though she uses it for quite the odd reason. Here we have another book with a girl so obsessed with her guy that it seems unhealthy, though her...more

like · see review

Feb 22, 2012 Kristin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, manga

When Sho decides to leave home and go to Tokyo after junior high to be come a celebrity he asks Kyoko to go with him. Sho is her childhood friend and she would do anything for him, so she drops out of school as well and goes to Tokyo. However, Sho has grown distant since being in Tokyo and is rarely ever around and when he is, he is never happy Kyoko is sure that when Sho beats Ren in status he will become happy again and they will live happily ever after. However, Kyoko's dream is shattered whe...more

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
skip beat	10	55	Mar 29, 2013 08:02am
anime recs	7	25	Oct 07, 2012 04:03pm
Shoujo Manga Book...: Skip Beat Characters	7	20	Jun 19, 2012 05:40pm

combine
Other Editions (8)

More editions...

Genres

Sequential Art > Manga

1,171 users

Romance

68 users

Sequential Art > Graphic Novels

33 users

Manga > Shojo

30 users

Young Adult

27 users

Humor

21 users

Sequential Art > Comics

21 users

Humor > Comedy

16 users

Media Tie In > Anime

16 users

Comics Manga

11 users

See top shelves...

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Skip Beat!, Vol. 1

1 quiz

More quizzes & trivia...

title link	preview: Skip Beat!, Vol. 1
avg rating	preview: Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 Goodreads rating: 4.25 (16803 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282282.Skip_Beat_Vol_1?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1173395297l/282282.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/282282.Skip_Beat_Vol_1?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki Nakamura[/url]

Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 (Skip Beat! #1)

Friend Reviews

Lists with This Book

Community Reviews

new topic
Discuss This Book

combine
Other Editions (8)

Genres

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Yoshiki Nakamura

Books by Yoshiki Nakamura

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website

Trivia About Skip Beat!, Vol. 1